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Starting a new school? Reception Intake - September 2020 Applications are now being accepted online for new reception children. The deadlines and details on how to apply for each are listed below: Reception pupils starting School in September 2020 closing date Wednesday 15th January 2020 https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/education-and-training/schools-and-learning/apply-for-a-schoolplace/starting-school-for-the-first-time.aspx Christmas at Sherborne Primary What a brilliant time we have had at Sherborne Primary this Christmas! (please see our small picture gallery). Firstly, I wish to especially thank Mrs Beatson & Miss Durrant for leading our amazing Christmas Carol Concert within Sherborne Abbey. It was a magical evening that was greatly supported by our families and friends. Thank you to Mrs Maskew & Mrs Rose and all the staff in the Reception classes for their hard work in making the nativity performance of ‘The Bossy King!’ a success. Our Reception children were fantastic! I would also like to thank Mrs Clarke and our fantastic school choir who performed at many events during the holiday season including West Abbey Care Home in Yeovil and The Christmas Tree Festival within the Methodist Church, Sherborne. Mrs Clarke and our Choir, also hosted a charity concert within our school hall for the ‘Well Child’ Charity, raising a staggering £282! Supporting charities was an important part of Christmas within our school. Our School Council, led by Mrs Maskew, organised Christmas Hampers for the excellent local charity - Sherborne Food Bank. The School Council also raised an amazing £432 for Children In Need. We also supported Julia’s House Children’s Hospice Charity with kind donations after our Christmas Carol Service with the Abbey which total £175 (with an additional £175 going towards new books for school). In addition, we raised £199 for Save The Children from our Christmas Jumper Day. We would like to say a huge thank you as none of the above would be possible without the support and generosity of our parents and carers. Finally our Year 6 Choir performed in Christmas Concerts to The Hayes Residential Home, Abbey View Care Home & The Sheilings.
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PTA – Christmas Fayre PTA Christmas Fayre - A HUGE thank you to Emma Young (Chair) & all of the kind helpers who hosted another jam packed Christmas Fayre. This year we raised a fantastic £883. Thanks again to everyone who kindly attended and supported this event. Well done & thank you to everyone who helped & attended our Monster Disco we raised a fantastic £334! This year our PTA have funded a considerable number of new books for all our children to enjoy as well as supporting the new Road Safety signs at the bottom of Harbour Way & Wootton Grove
PTA Family Bingo Evening The PTA will be hosting a Family Bingo Evening on Friday 7th February from 5pm. Please come along and support this fun, family friendly event! Hot School Meals Taster Day Thursday 16th January 2020 As you may be aware, all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to a free hot meal at lunchtime. We are holding a taster day on Thursday 16th January and hot school meals will be ordered for all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. If you book a meal on line with our provider Chartwells, then your child will receive the meal you have chosen, all other children will be provided with the very popular Roast Turkey with gravy. There will be no facility to change the meal provided. You do not need to provide a packed lunch for any children in Year Reception, 1 or 2, on Thursday 16th January, however any siblings in KS2 normal arrangements will apply. I hope your children will enjoy the experience of sharing a hot meal together at school and if you would like your child to receive hot school meals in the future please visit https://dorset.mealselector.co.uk/ to register . Reporting Absence Parents are reminded to report their child’s absence to the school office by 9:00am, either by calling the office on 01935 812619 or please drop by the school office in person. Please do not report absence through Class Dojo. School Nurse Drop in Session The School Nurse will be running a Drop in Session on Monday 27th January at 2:45pm. The school nurse can offer advice and support on things such as bedwetting, sleeping, and behaviour. If you would like to see the school nurse, please come by the office to book an appointment. SCAPA We are very pleased to announce that due to the high demand for SCAPA (Breakfast and After-School Childcare), we have adjusted our start time in the morning to open at 7:45am. This will also now happen during our Holiday Clubs (starting February half-term). To ensure that we can provide appropriate staffing we will ONLY be accepting online bookings from now on (please inquire at the school office if you require any support with using our online system). School Gates We would like to remind parents and carers of our gate opening times: The front gates will be open during the morning school run and will close at 9:05am. The gates will then reopen at 3:00pm for the afternoon school run and will remain open until 4:40pm for collection from after school clubs. On Fridays the gates will open at 2:30pm for the parent’s assembly. Please do not arrive
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before these times or queue for the gates to open. The entrance to the school needs to be kept clear at all times, in case of an emergency. Please find a space in the car park and do not double park behind cars. We thank you in advance for your cooperation. Potential School Closure in Extreme Weather (This time of year!) The school has only closed a few times during the history of the school, each time due to heavy snowfall and linked to amount of safe staffing available to keep our pupils safe. The advice is that the school will open if at all possible but that if there is a snowfall… - Children arrive as usual at school at 8.45. - Children are properly clothed – Wellingtons, coats, gloves, hats (all named please). - Contact numbers are current. If the school closes during the day, parents will be contacted first (school text system) – children may be sent to “safe” (friends’) house(s) etc by agreement. - No child will be sent home without a safe arrangement being in place. - Parents of the youngest children may choose to keep their children at home if they feel this is appropriate. - No bicycles/scooters etc are to be brought to school. - In case Chartwells are unable to provide hot meals, please send your child to school with a packed lunch. - When the decision is made to close the School a text message will be sent to all parents as early as possible on the day. This will also be placed on the front page of our web-site & our Facebook Page. Sickness & Cross Infection Just a brief reminder that any children with diarrhoea and/or vomiting must be kept away from school for 48 hours (2 days) after their symptoms have gone. This helps prevent the spread of any spread of the virus. Clubs for the Spring Term 2020 You should have received a list of the new extra-curricular clubs available to our pupils during the Spring Term 2020. All clubs will start week commencing 13th January until Friday 27th March. However, selected clubs will not run on our parent consultation evenings on 17th March and 19th March.
.Remembrance at Sherborne Primary Finally we are really proud of the £209 raised for the Poppy Appeal in November. A special thank you to Lt. Phil Hedgecox and Sergeant Oliver Falbo to kindly supporting our Remembrance Service & providing an excellent talk to our Year 6 children afterwards DATES FOR YOUR DIARY – Spring Term 2020 As known at the time of printing
Date Friday 10th Jan
Time
Details
8:30am & 9am
Year 4 Swimming - Sherborne School for Boys
PM
Eagles Class Visit to Abbey View Care Home
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2:45pm-3:20pm
Parent’s Assembly - ‘KS2 Show & Tell - ALL WELCOME’
Monday 13th Jan
All week
Extra Curricular Clubs starts until Friday 27th March
Wednesday 15th Jan
All day
CLOSING DATE FOR NEW Year R 2020 APPLICATIONS
Lunch
Hot School Meal Taster Day KS1 Children
4pm - 6pm
North Dorset Football Tournament - Gillingham
8:30am & 9am
Year 4 Swimming - Sherborne School for Boys
2:45pm - 3:20pm
Parent’s Assembly - ‘EYFS & KS1 - Show & Tell’ - ALL WELCOME
8:30am & 9am
Year 4 Swimming - Sherborne School for Boys
2:45pm - 3:20pm
Parent’s Assembly - ‘KS2 Show & Tell - ALL WELCOME’
Monday 27th Jan
2:45pm
School Nurse Drop in Session-Appointments through the office
Wednesday 29th Jan
4pm - 5:30pm
Year 5 & 6 Hockey Tournament - Gryphon School
Friday 31st Jan
8:30am & 9am
Year 4 Swimming - Sherborne School for Boys
2:45pm - 3:20pm
Parent’s Assembly - ‘EYFS & KS1 Show & Tell - ALL WELCOME’
All day
Sherborne Area Chess Tournament - Gryphon School
1pm - 3pm
Sherborne Area Basketball Tournament - Gryphon Sports Centre
8:30am & 9am
Year 4 Swimming - Sherborne School for Boys
2:45pm - 3:20pm
Parent’s Assembly - ‘KS2 Show & Tell - ALL WELCOME’
5pm - 6:30pm
PTA Bingo - School Hall - ALL WELCOME
8:30am & 9am
Year 4 Swimming - Sherborne School for Boys
2:45pm - 3:20pm
Parent’s Assembly - ‘EYFS & KS1 Show & Tell - ALL WELCOME’
Thursday 16th Jan
Friday 17th Jan
Friday 24th Jan
Wednesday 5th Feb
Friday 7th Feb
Friday 14th Feb
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HALF-TERM - Saturday 15th - Sunday 23rd February Wednesday 26th Feb
4.15pm - 5.15pm
Sherborne Area Cross-Country Championship - The Gryphon School
Friday 28th Feb
8:30 & 9am
Year 4 Swimming - Sherborne School for Boys
2:45pm - 3:20pm
Parent’s Assembly - ‘KS2 Show & Tell - ALL WELCOME’
Tuesday 3rd March
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sherborne Area - Year 5 & 6 Netball Tournament - Leweston School
Wednesday 4th March
AM
EYFS & KS1 Reading Competition
Thursday 5th March
All day
World Book Day
AM
Year 5 & 6 Debating Competition
8:30am & 9am
Year 4 Swimming - Sherborne School for Boys
2:45pm - 3:20pm
Parent’s Assembly - ‘EYFS & KS1 Show & Tell - ALL WELCOME’
Monday 9th March
5pm - 5:30pm
Youth Makes Music - Choir Concert - Gryphon School
Tuesday 10th March
All Day
Sherborne Area - Year 6 - Maths Competition
Thursday 12th March
AM
Year 3 & 4 - Reading & Reciting Competition
Friday 13th March
8:30am & 9am
Year 4 Swimming - Sherborne School for Boys
12:30pm - 3pm
Sherborne Area - Year 5 Tag Rugby Tournament - Sherborne Primary
2:45pm - 3:20pm
NO Parent’s Assembly - Due to Tag Rugby
3:40pm onwards
Parental Consultations & Spring Term Report Cards NO CLUBS ON THESE DATES
8:30am & 9am
Year 4 Swimming - Sherborne School for Boys
2:45pm - 3:20pm
Parent’s Assembly - ‘KS2 Show & Tell’ - ALL WELCOME
PM
Hawks Class Visit to Abbey View Care Home
Friday 6th March
Tuesday 17th & Thursday 19th March
Friday 20th March
Monday 23rd March
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Tuesday 24th March
All day
Year 5 - ‘Sing Up’ Workshop & Concert - Gateway Church Yeovil
Thursday 26th March
3:45pm - 5:30pm
Sherborne Area - Year 3 & 4 Football Tournament - Sherborne Abbey School
Friday 27th March
8:30am & 9am
Year 4 Swimming - Sherborne School for Boys
2:45pm - 3:20pm
Parent’s Assembly - ‘EYFS & KS1 Show & Tell - ALL WELCOME’
Thursday 2nd April
4pm - 5:30pm
Sherborne Area Year 3 & 4 Netball & Year 5 & 6 Football Tournaments - Sherborne Abbey School
Friday 3rd April
8:30am & 9am
Year 4 Swimming - Sherborne School for Boys
2:45pm - 3:20pm
Parent’s Assembly - ‘Pupil of the Term’ - ALL WELCOME
Easter Holidays - Saturday 4th April - Sunday 19th April Monday 20th April
All Day
1st Day of Summer Term
Tuesday 5th May
4-5:30pm
Sherborne Area Yr 5&6 Football Tournament-Abbey School
Friday 8th May
All Day
Bank Holiday - No School
Monday 11th May
All Week
KS2 SATS Week
Wednesday 20th May
10am - 2.30pm
Year 3/4 Area Tennis - Sherborne Tennis Club
Summer Half-Term - Saturday 23rd May - Sunday 31st May Wednesday 10th - Friday 12th June
All Day
Y6 Residential to Brenscombe Outdoor Education Centre
Tuesday 23rd June
All Day
Year 6 Transition Day - Gryphon / Moving Up Day - New Classes
Wednesday 24th June
9:30am - 11:30am
KS1 Sports Day - School Field
Thursday 25th June
1:30pm - 3:20pm
KS2 Sports Day - School Field
Friday 26th June
All Day
INSET Day - No School
Thursday 9th July
1pm-4pm
Sherborne Area Swimming Gala
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Monday 13th July
All Week
World at Work / Community Week
Friday 17th July
11am - 12pm
Year 6 - Leavers Service - School Hall (followed by Year 6 Family Picnic - Outdoor Classroom)
Summer Holidays - Saturday 18th July - Wednesday 2nd September Thursday 3rd September
All Day
Inset Day - No School
Friday 4th September
All Day
Inset Day - No School
Wednesday 7th September
8:45am
1st Day of Autumn Term
2nd Half Autumn Term 2020 - Review!
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